According to Alfred Amofa, the CEO of Western Group Limited, Ghana witnessed a farming disaster in 2022.
He claimed that in comparison to earlier seasons, the 2022 farming season was the worst.
On Wednesday, Mr. Amofa voiced his displeasure with the manner the government handled farming activities in the just concluded year during the JoyNews AM Show.
They talk about 1983, but I couldn't have been there since I was only a year old. However, since becoming an adult, I have never experienced a year as challenging for farming as that of 2022.
I occasionally find it hard to understand when people claim that 2022 was an improvement over the year before. It is not conceivable; this is what the field's reality show. Since those facts would be disproven, I don't believe anybody can truly allude to them. You only need to visit the area to notice that no one is cultivating the soil there.
The year 2022 was a catastrophe for me and a really terrible year, he stated.
According to Mr. Amofa, the One District One Factory strategy, which supported the export of raw materials and the import of completed items, had little to no beneficial impact on agriculture.
He claims that the assistance provided by the government is only "a one-time deal." "The government pays a portion of the import charges whenever you import anything. That is what the government provides to 1D1F recipients, so it's not like they will give you money or whatever to sustain you every year; it is a one-time item," he explained.
He claimed that because of the high cost of production, around 70% of "our growers could not plant" in the 2022 growing season.
Dr. Lawrence Acheampong, a lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension at the University of Cape Coast, also bemoaned the failure of the government's Planting for Food and Job strategy earlier in the programme. He claims that farmers are not receiving the necessary assistance.
He has suggested that the policy be reviewed.
Ghana had a significant spike in food costs in 2022, which was partly related to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. There were issues with the availability of fertiliser throughout the nation. Along with inflation, these issues led to significant rises in food costs.
The government is currently looking into ways to reduce or completely stop the importation of various foods, particularly rice.
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